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August 30, 2004 Volume 13 No. 17




Sharing Our Stories

• A patient went into cardiac arrest: his heart stopped beating and he stopped breathing. A Code Blue team worked quickly to resuscitate him. The patient’s frightened wife, who had multiple sclerosis, sat trapped in the room in 8100 patient care unit"physically unable to leave because of her disease. Then a staff nurse, who was not involved in the life and death resuscitation efforts, reached out to comfort the wife and reassure her that...




Town Hall Meeting with Dr. Dzau
Victor J. Dzau doesn’t let titles go to his head. At his first town hall meeting with employees...
Pulse Survey Results Reflect Sustained Progress From 2002
The overall scores from the first Work Culture “Pulse” Survey conducted throughout Duke...
Giving Nursing Staff a Lift
When a 200-pound patient needed to be moved from the hospital bed to a chair, registered nurse...
Giving Patients a Choice about Transfusion-Free Surgery
Duke University Hospital opens the state’s first center for blood conservation for patients seeking surgery without using blood products.
When Derl G. Stallard recently underwent surgery because of nose and sinus cancer, he and his...
Public Scrutiny of Quality in Health Care Increases
More quality indicators are now available to the public online.
The health care industry is accustomed to the scrutiny of regulatory agencies " governmental...
Duke Presidential Inauguration on Sept. 18
Richard H. Brodhead will be inaugurated as Duke University’s ninth president on Saturday, Sept....



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